The Mental Mom Show

Meg spent hours and hours this week deep diving into the Gabby Petito case to figure out why society is so obsessed. Meg explains the origin of ‘Missing White Woman Syndrome.’ Casey and Meg analyze the police body cam footage from the domestic assault encounter involving Brian Landrie and Gabby Petito weeks before she went missing. Meg and Casey discuss the stress factors of cross country van life and how this may have contributed to the demise of their relationship. Head over to Patreon for bonus content - Meg went down a rabbit hole learning about #VANLIFE and it’s a whole thing. 

Next Episode: Meg and Casey review signs of a toxic, potentially dangerous relationship. 

Show links:

How the Media Repeated 'Missing White Woman Syndrome' in Petito Case

Missing White Woman Syndrome and The Gabby Petito Case

Missing White Woman Syndrome: Media Obsess Over Some Cases as Black, Brown, Indigenous Women Ignored

The Vanished Podcast

https://upandvanished.com/season-3/

https://www.blackgirlgonepodcast.com/

Lauren Cho, missing New Jersey woman: Human remains found

‘The Vanished' Podcast on Why Gabby Petito & Brian Laundrie Get So Much Attention

Gabby Petito ID Special Report | Gabby Petito: ID Special Report

Almost 1 Billion Views on TikTok

Gabby Petito: Experts Explain Why the Case Gained Social-Media Attention

Vanlife, the Bohemian Social-Media Movement

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Special Thanks to Brad Tourcette aka Brad Sucks for being a copyleft participant and allowing us to use his song “Making Me Nervous” for our intro! 

Learn more about Brad Sucks and the copyleft movement at 

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Disclaimer: Meghan Farr, LCSW is a licensed therapist in the state of Indiana,USA,  however, the Mental Mom show is meant to be entertaining and educational and should never replace the advice of your therapist or health care provider. The list below offers resources for crisis or emergency help. 

If feeling unsafe or suicidal please call one of the numbers listed below to talk to someone who can help.

FOR A LIST OF ALL COUNTRIES IN ALPHABETICAL ORDER GO TO:

http://www.suicidestop.com/call_a_hotline.html

Australia:

Life Crisis Support: 13 11 14

Canada:

If in distress: 1 (905) 688 3711

France: 01 46 21 46 46

SOS Help for suicide prevention

UK:

Mind: Mental Health Support: 0300 123 3393

USA:

National Suicide Prevention Lifeline - 1-800-273-8255 Or Text: text HOME to 741 741

The Lifeline provides 24/7, free and confidential support for people in distress, prevention and crisis resources for you or your loved ones, and best practices for professionals.

Meg schools Casey about his incorrect emoji usage (she’s a bit cocky about her knowledge since she’s been on a quest to be a “cool Mom” as she approaches 40 in a few weeks.) Apparently the Gen Z-ers are making fun of us again, this time not for side-parts, but for using the crying laughing emoji (among many others) WRONG. Meg gives Casey a quiz from Buzzfeed to assess his age, determined by which emojis he’s using the most. 

Also, Meg faces a tough parenting decision - the 11 year old asked if she could watch the Tiger King documentary. Casey is adamantly against this - Meg feels it could be a great opportunity for interesting human behavior conversations. 

Casey initiates a new segment called “On the couch.” He shares a range of emotions he experienced after participating in a pitching clinic with the 11 year-old. Meg provides a therapeutic analysis that leaves Casey reflecting on himself and... on how lucky he is to live with a therapist ;). 

Show links:

Emojis Will Allow Us To Guess Your Age

What Does The Smiley Face Emoji Mean? Gen Z Say It Is Passive Aggressive

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WARNING: This show contains ADULT CONTENT and is NOT intended for children or adolescents! 

Special Thanks to Brad Tourcette aka Brad Sucks for being a copyleft participant and allowing us to use his song “Making Me Nervous” for our intro! 

Learn more about Brad Sucks and the copyleft movement at 

https://www.bradsucks.net/about

https://www.copyleft.org/

Disclaimer: Meghan Farr, LCSW is a licensed therapist in the state of Indiana,USA,  however, the Mental Mom show is meant to be entertaining and educational and should never replace the advice of your therapist or health care provider. The list below offers resources for crisis or emergency help. 

If feeling unsafe or suicidal please call one of the numbers listed below to talk to someone who can help.

FOR A LIST OF ALL COUNTRIES IN ALPHABETICAL ORDER GO TO:

http://www.suicidestop.com/call_a_hotline.html

Australia:

Life Crisis Support: 13 11 14

Canada:

If in distress: 1 (905) 688 3711

France: 01 46 21 46 46

SOS Help for suicide prevention

UK:

Mind: Mental Health Support: 0300 123 3393

USA:

National Suicide Prevention Lifeline - 1-800-273-8255 Or Text: text HOME to 741 741

The Lifeline provides 24/7, free and confidential support for people in distress, prevention and crisis resources for you or your loved ones, and best practices for professionals.

Meg and Casey are back after being MIA since June! Meg apologizes profusely for not being profesh about their disappearance. Find out what they’ve been up to on today’s show. 

And, Meg has an official MIDDLE SCHOOLER this year. What?! How did that happen? Travel back in time with Meg and Casey as they discuss all things awkward and celebrate their most recent favorite show: Pen15, a HULU original. Remember in the year 2000 when people were jamming to Len’s “Steal My Sunshine” and the girls twisted rows of hair held in place with tiny butterfly clips? Yep, you’ll love it too. The coolest part of this show: the writers and also the two main characters, Anna and Maya are in their mid-30s playing 7th graders. Not sure how they pull it off, but they do, in the best way. Fantastically cringey for anyone who used an AIM account or wrote notes to crushes with gel pens. 

Enjoy! 

Show links:

'Pen15' Review – The Hollywood Reporter

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WARNING: This show contains ADULT CONTENT and is NOT intended for children or adolescents! 

Special Thanks to Brad Tourcette aka Brad Sucks for being a copyleft participant and allowing us to use his song “Making Me Nervous” for our intro! 

Learn more about Brad Sucks and the copyleft movement at 

https://www.bradsucks.net/about

https://www.copyleft.org/

Disclaimer: Meghan Farr, LCSW is a licensed therapist in the state of Indiana,USA,  however, the Mental Mom show is meant to be entertaining and educational and should never replace the advice of your therapist or health care provider. The list below offers resources for crisis or emergency help. 

If feeling unsafe or suicidal please call one of the numbers listed below to talk to someone who can help.

FOR A LIST OF ALL COUNTRIES IN ALPHABETICAL ORDER GO TO:

http://www.suicidestop.com/call_a_hotline.html

Australia:

Life Crisis Support: 13 11 14

Canada:

If in distress: 1 (905) 688 3711

France: 01 46 21 46 46

SOS Help for suicide prevention

UK:

Mind: Mental Health Support: 0300 123 3393

USA:

National Suicide Prevention Lifeline - 1-800-273-8255 Or Text: text HOME to 741 741

The Lifeline provides 24/7, free and confidential support for people in distress, prevention and crisis resources for you or your loved ones, and best practices for professionals.

Meg’s friend Samantha joins the show to discuss her recent dating tribulations: using dating apps in your late 30s is not for the faint of heart. Samantha explains to Meg and Casey why she made a social media post stating: “The next man who is in a relationship and friend requests me better watch out because I’m messaging their wife or girlfriend.” Listen for more on why Samantha is convinced these men are attention-seekers and are probably cheating on their significant others. Meg found a documentary on Starz network called “The Pick Up Game”  and WARNS Samantha about a multi-million dollar, underground industry that trains men to “get women into bed.” It’s a whole system created to manipulate women into dating for the intention of sex. 

Also, Samantha shares some monumental High Five Moments - like how her 17 year old is now grocery shopping for the whole household….and loves it! 

Meg and Casey share their enjoyment of people-watching in a box store parking lot - lots of interesting human behavior to report on. See below for links. Enjoy!

Show links:

Watch The Pickup Game | Prime Video

The Pickup Game – Official Web Site for The Pickup Game Documentary Film

Featured Contributors – The Pickup Game

Why I started #TakeDownJulienBlanc

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WARNING: This show contains ADULT CONTENT and is NOT intended for children or adolescents! 

Special Thanks to Brad Tourcette aka Brad Sucks for being a copyleft participant and allowing us to use his song “Making Me Nervous” for our intro! 

Learn more about Brad Sucks and the copyleft movement at 

https://www.bradsucks.net/about

https://www.copyleft.org/

Disclaimer: Meghan Farr, LCSW is a licensed therapist in the state of Indiana,USA,  however, the Mental Mom show is meant to be entertaining and educational and should never replace the advice of your therapist or health care provider. The list below offers resources for crisis or emergency help. 

If feeling unsafe or suicidal please call one of the numbers listed below to talk to someone who can help.

FOR A LIST OF ALL COUNTRIES IN ALPHABETICAL ORDER GO TO:

http://www.suicidestop.com/call_a_hotline.html

Australia:

Life Crisis Support: 13 11 14

Canada:

If in distress: 1 (905) 688 3711

France: 01 46 21 46 46

SOS Help for suicide prevention

UK:

Mind: Mental Health Support: 0300 123 3393

USA:

National Suicide Prevention Lifeline - 1-800-273-8255 Or Text: text HOME to 741 741

The Lifeline provides 24/7, free and confidential support for people in distress, prevention and crisis resources for you or your loved ones, and best practices for professionals.

During her “coma” in 2014, Meg’s adolescent celebrity crush, Andrew Keegan, was accused of starting a religious cult. As Meg has vowed - she finally investigated (aka internet searched and read a ton) to find out what her former heartthrob has been up to in the past decade. 

Meg gives Casey a high-five for their improved communication when it comes to confronting each other about parenting and having difficult conversations without it turning into a fight. Score! 

Also, Casey spills about jury duty. Meg’s slightly offended that she’s never been selected- (she’s never even made it past the first round!) Enjoy!

Show links:

Vice article 2014 - Shyam Dodge and Shanrah Wakefield https://www.vice.com/en/article/mv55wa/andrew-keegan-started-a-new-religion-814

LA Times 2015 - Eryn Brown 

https://www.latimes.com/local/westside/la-me-full-circle-venice-20150321-story.html

Nightline on ABC interview - 2015 with Dan Harris

https://abcnews.go.com/Nightline/video/andrew-keegan-90s-heartthrob-spiritual-guide-30728178

Podcast: Are You Being Real 2016 

https://soundcloud.com/makeyourmarktoday/andrew-keegan

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WARNING: This show contains ADULT CONTENT and is NOT intended for children or adolescents! 

Special Thanks to Brad Tourcette aka Brad Sucks for being a copyleft participant and allowing us to use his song “Making Me Nervous” for our intro! 

Learn more about Brad Sucks and the copyleft movement at 

https://www.bradsucks.net/about

https://www.copyleft.org/

Disclaimer: Meghan Farr, LCSW is a licensed therapist in the state of Indiana,USA,  however, the Mental Mom show is meant to be entertaining and educational and should never replace the advice of your therapist or health care provider. The list below offers resources for crisis or emergency help. 

If feeling unsafe or suicidal please call one of the numbers listed below to talk to someone who can help.

FOR A LIST OF ALL COUNTRIES IN ALPHABETICAL ORDER GO TO:

http://www.suicidestop.com/call_a_hotline.html

Australia:

Life Crisis Support: 13 11 14

Canada:

If in distress: 1 (905) 688 3711

France: 01 46 21 46 46

SOS Help for suicide prevention

UK:

Mind: Mental Health Support: 0300 123 3393

USA:

National Suicide Prevention Lifeline - 1-800-273-8255 Or Text: text HOME to 741 741

The Lifeline provides 24/7, free and confidential support for people in distress, prevention and crisis resources for you or your loved ones, and best practices for professionals.

***Trigger Warning*** lots of snake talk on today’s episode and a few slightly gory stories from the ER as Meg, Casey and Mickey recap the story of attempted murder by poisonous snake in Appalachian Alabama. See the article links below to get to know the director and producer of this perfectly creepy, gothic tale. Also, Meg gives a quick “where are they now…” from the last episode. Enjoy!

Show links:

Get to know Alabama Snake Filmmakers: Director Theo Love and producer Bryan Storkel

Snake Salvation Show by National Geographic

Serpent Experts Try To Demystify Pentecostal Snake Handling

Alabama Snake (2020): Official Trailer | HBO

Pastor Jamie Coots Bio - Wikipedia

Andrew Hamblin, Snake-Handling Pastor pleads guilty to firing gun near wife and kids www.desmoinesregister.com

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WARNING: This show contains ADULT CONTENT and is NOT intended for children or adolescents! 

Special Thanks to Brad Tourcette aka Brad Sucks for being a copyleft participant and allowing us to use his song “Making Me Nervous” for our intro! 

Learn more about Brad Sucks and the copyleft movement at 

https://www.bradsucks.net/about

https://www.copyleft.org/

Disclaimer: Meghan Farr, LCSW is a licensed therapist in the state of Indiana,USA,  however, the Mental Mom show is meant to be entertaining and educational and should never replace the advice of your therapist or health care provider. The list below offers resources for crisis or emergency help. 

If feeling unsafe or suicidal please call one of the numbers listed below to talk to someone who can help.

FOR A LIST OF ALL COUNTRIES IN ALPHABETICAL ORDER GO TO:

http://www.suicidestop.com/call_a_hotline.html

Australia:

Life Crisis Support: 13 11 14

Canada:

If in distress: 1 (905) 688 3711

France: 01 46 21 46 46

SOS Help for suicide prevention

UK:

Mind: Mental Health Support: 0300 123 3393

USA:

National Suicide Prevention Lifeline - 1-800-273-8255 Or Text: text HOME to 741 741

The Lifeline provides 24/7, free and confidential support for people in distress, prevention and crisis resources for you or your loved ones, and best practices for professionals.

Part 2 will be released Friday!

***Trigger Warning*** lots of snake talk on today’s episode as Meg and Casey explore context and background of Pentecostal Serpent Handlers in Appalachia. Since their good friend Mickey happens to have majored in religious studies in college he joins to help explain the “Holiness Movement” which spawned this dangerous and highly controversial Serpent Handling subset of the Pentecostal church. Meg has lots of questions about what it means to ‘speak in tongues’ and Mickey has answers to that and much more. 

And, find out why Meg is convinced that Serpent Handling is still easier than being a stay at home Mom. 

Show links:

Snake Salvation Show by National Geographic

Serpent Experts Try To Demystify Pentecostal Snake Handling

Alabama Snake (2020): Official Trailer | HBO

Snake Salvation Reality Series by National Geographic

David Hume - Scottish Philosopher "Natural Religion"

James Fowler - Stages of Belief

Basics on the "Holiness Movement"

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WARNING: This show contains ADULT CONTENT and is NOT intended for children or adolescents! 

Special Thanks to Brad Tourcette aka Brad Sucks for being a copyleft participant and allowing us to use his song “Making Me Nervous” for our intro! 

Learn more about Brad Sucks and the copyleft movement at 

https://www.bradsucks.net/about

https://www.copyleft.org/

Disclaimer: Meghan Farr, LCSW is a licensed therapist in the state of Indiana,USA,  however, the Mental Mom show is meant to be entertaining and educational and should never replace the advice of your therapist or health care provider. The list below offers resources for crisis or emergency help. 

If feeling unsafe or suicidal please call one of the numbers listed below to talk to someone who can help.

FOR A LIST OF ALL COUNTRIES IN ALPHABETICAL ORDER GO TO:

http://www.suicidestop.com/call_a_hotline.html

Australia:

Life Crisis Support: 13 11 14

Canada:

If in distress: 1 (905) 688 3711

France: 01 46 21 46 46

SOS Help for suicide prevention

UK:

Mind: Mental Health Support: 0300 123 3393

USA:

National Suicide Prevention Lifeline - 1-800-273-8255 Or Text: text HOME to 741 741

The Lifeline provides 24/7, free and confidential support for people in distress, prevention and crisis resources for you or your loved ones, and best practices for professionals.

Meg and Casey release a special edition to celebrate the END of 2020. What better way to welcome the New Year than to finish last week’s conversation about cult behavior. Meg shares cult expert’s Steven Hassan’s BITE method and how to tell if you or a loved one might be in a cult (or unhealthy relationship - Casey realizes that he’s been in a romantic relationship that’s checking off MANY of the boxes related to unhealthy control.) Meg and Casey also recap words and phrases that need to die with 2020. Enjoy!

Show links:

Steven Hassan, Cult Expert 

The BITE MODEL

Heavens Gate Documentary on HBO

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Every Episode:

WARNING: This show contains ADULT CONTENT and is NOT intended for children or adolescents! 

Special Thanks to Brad Tourcette aka Brad Sucks for being a copyleft participant and allowing us to use his song “Making Me Nervous” for our intro! 

Learn more about Brad Sucks and the copyleft movement at 

https://www.bradsucks.net/about

https://www.copyleft.org/

Disclaimer: Meghan Farr, LCSW is a licensed therapist in the state of Indiana,USA,  however, the Mental Mom show is meant to be entertaining and educational and should never replace the advice of your therapist or health care provider. The list below offers resources for crisis or emergency help. 

If feeling unsafe or suicidal please call one of the numbers listed below to talk to someone who can help.

FOR A LIST OF ALL COUNTRIES IN ALPHABETICAL ORDER GO TO:

http://www.suicidestop.com/call_a_hotline.html

Australia:

Life Crisis Support: 13 11 14

Canada:

If in distress: 1 (905) 688 3711

France: 01 46 21 46 46

SOS Help for suicide prevention

UK:

Mind: Mental Health Support: 0300 123 3393

USA:

National Suicide Prevention Lifeline - 1-800-273-8255 Or Text: text HOME to 741 741

The Lifeline provides 24/7, free and confidential support for people in distress, prevention and crisis resources for you or your loved ones, and best practices for professionals.

Meg’s in a funk and she’s using humor to get out of it. Especially humor triggered by what she’s now calling “Casey-isms.” Meg confesses to Casey that she has a notepad file on her iphone specifically for “things to make fun of Casey about on the show…” This week she teases him about his inability to allow her to ignore his “Michael-Scott-ish-14-year-old-boy-jokes.” Apparently, until Meg acknowledges the “joke” he repeats them - slightly louder each time. Meg shares how she uncovered what’s been keeping her from losing weight - it’s a whole thing - including hormones and adult acne. Buckle up - she’s riding an emotional rollercoaster. Meg takes a break from her moodiness to acknowledge that Casey has been really supportive lately and seems to have a more in depth understanding of mental health and how it affects Meg and the girls - especially since living together now for 1.5 years. As for the actual show topic - wait is that a thing? Meg shares about a book called “Think Like a Monk” written by Jay Shetty. See link below. She’s only on chapter 3 but thinks it’s very genuine so far and he doesn’t seem to be selling anything super expensive so - definitely worth a shot. Anything to help us through 2020. 

Enjoy!

Show links:

‘I’m living my highest purpose’: mogul monk Jay Shetty on free market teachings

Think Like a Monk Book | Jay Shetty

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Every Episode:

WARNING: This show contains ADULT CONTENT and is NOT intended for children or adolescents! 

Special Thanks to Brad Tourcette aka Brad Sucks for being a copyleft participant and allowing us to use his song “Making Me Nervous” for our intro! 

Learn more about Brad Sucks and the copyleft movement at 

https://www.bradsucks.net/about

https://www.copyleft.org/

Disclaimer: Meghan Farr, LCSW is a licensed therapist in the state of Indiana,USA,  however, the Mental Mom show is meant to be entertaining and educational and should never replace the advice of your therapist or health care provider. The list below offers resources for crisis or emergency help. 

If feeling unsafe or suicidal please call one of the numbers listed below to talk to someone who can help.

FOR A LIST OF ALL COUNTRIES IN ALPHABETICAL ORDER GO TO:

http://www.suicidestop.com/call_a_hotline.html

Australia:

Life Crisis Support: 13 11 14

Canada:

If in distress: 1 (905) 688 3711

France: 01 46 21 46 46

SOS Help for suicide prevention

UK:

Mind: Mental Health Support: 0300 123 3393

USA:

National Suicide Prevention Lifeline - 1-800-273-8255 Or Text: text HOME to 741 741

The Lifeline provides 24/7, free and confidential support for people in distress, prevention and crisis resources for you or your loved ones, and best practices for professionals.

Meg shares her excitement about watching the Saved by the Bell Reboot coming out this month on Peacock - she dishes on why Screech won’t be joining the rest of the cast. And, wait a minute: who knew Lifetime made so many “Unauthorized” movies about all of our favorite adolescent shows like Full House and 90210? Not Meg! Because they all come out during her coma (between 2010-2015 while raising mini-humans and battling major depression and anxiety.)  In other coma news, Meg and Casey discuss the 2010 documentary “Catfish” and share what the concept means in relation to the online dating scene. It’s another pop-culture term Meg missed along the way. Casey takes the Mental Mom Moment this week and explains his harsh (but appropriate) reaction to the 7 year old telling him to “shush.” Meg works on a genuine apology to Casey after he lets her know that it hurts his feelings that she isn’t more supportive about his love of telling her all about the new space science documentaries he’s watching. Casey says, “you get all excited and care about what the girls are learning in school - but you don’t have energy to hear what I’m learning?” He explains why this isn’t nice and it’s unfair. Meg and Casey work through this spat in their usual highly-evolved communication style (lots of laughter and a splash of passive aggression.) Meg asks Casey to stop assaulting her with intense information from the internet past 10 p.m. during “wind down time.” 

Enjoy!

Show links:

“Unauthorized” top movie list! Yep, Saved by the Bell is one of them.

https://etcanada.com/photos/205250/unauthorized-lifetime-biopics/#image-205261

Timeline for “Manti Te’o Girlfriend Hoax” https://abcnews.go.com/US/timeline-manti-teo-girlfriend-hoax-story/story?id=18268647

Saved by the Bell Reboot - Vulture Article

https://www.vulture.com/2020/10/saved-by-the-bell-reboot-trailer.html#:~:text=More%20videos%20on%20YouTube&text=Peacock's%20Saved%20by%20the%20Bell,premiere%20date%20of%20November%2025.

“Catfish” - history of the meaning in relation to modern-day usage

https://slate.com/culture/2013/01/catfish-meaning-and-definition-term-for-online-hoaxes-has-a-surprisingly-long-history.html

Have show ideas? Share with us! [email protected]

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Every Episode:

WARNING: This show contains ADULT CONTENT and is NOT intended for children or adolescents! 

Special Thanks to Brad Tourcette aka Brad Sucks for being a copyleft participant and allowing us to use his song “Making Me Nervous” for our intro! 

Learn more about Brad Sucks and the copyleft movement at 

https://www.bradsucks.net/about

https://www.copyleft.org/

Disclaimer: Meghan Farr, LCSW is a licensed therapist in the state of Indiana,USA,  however, the Mental Mom show is meant to be entertaining and educational and should never replace the advice of your therapist or health care provider. The list below offers resources for crisis or emergency help. 

If feeling unsafe or suicidal please call one of the numbers listed below to talk to someone who can help.

FOR A LIST OF ALL COUNTRIES IN ALPHABETICAL ORDER GO TO:

http://www.suicidestop.com/call_a_hotline.html

Australia:

Life Crisis Support: 13 11 14

Canada:

If in distress: 1 (905) 688 3711

France: 01 46 21 46 46

SOS Help for suicide prevention

UK:

Mind: Mental Health Support: 0300 123 3393

USA:

National Suicide Prevention Lifeline - 1-800-273-8255 Or Text: text HOME to 741 741

The Lifeline provides 24/7, free and confidential support for people in distress, prevention and crisis resources for you or your loved ones, and best practices for professionals.